Sir Vernon Bogdanor is Professor of Government, King’s College London and a member of the International Advisory Council of the Israel Democracy Institute. His most recent book is The Strange Surviv.
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With elections coming up in Israel, “Bibi” Netanyahu is under special scrutiny. Often, I find the scrutiny to be superficial.
When I first came to Israel, I saw Israeli politics in black and white. Netanyahu was part of the black. At the time, the leading political issue here was whether Israel should withdraw all of the Jews, including the soldiers, from Gaza. Both Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, hardly a liberal, and Netanyahu were members of Likud. Sharon proposed withdrawal from Gaza; Netanyahu, in contrast, argued that, if Israel did so, the Palestinians would use it as a base from which to attack Israel. We liberals poo pooed Netanyahu and supported Sharon, who left Likud,
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Dec. 23, 2020
Minister of Higher Education Ze ev Elkin announced Wednesday evening that he is resigning from the government and Likud, slamming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s cult of personality, and joining Gideon Sa ar s New Hope party.
In his resignation letter to Netanyahu, Elkin wrote, I can no longer call on the citizens of Israel to vote for you and trust that you will work for them. Elkin added, the citizens of Israel cannot be held hostage to your personal interests.
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